Paper prison

Hoping plane to-plane

Haven't enjoyed any place

Passport was always the same

Home became a prison

I had no more shelter or permission

The city put me in a vulnerable position

confinement

sentence

Convinced myself freedom is about moving

You don't know how it feels

You can't see it

Finally overcame

and understood what freedom means

Within me

And the choice to leave

Yes, I left

Don't know where

No, I don't want to be here

I don't want to die here

Where are my enemies

Stabbed in the back anytime

Or a Judas will kiss me next time

I rather leave all behind

To prosper somewhere, I will find

Broke the curse of generational fear

Since I came here

She also flee

to finally live

Hoping for joy to come back

With the roots on our back-packs

Drop the weight

This is not my fight

I open the gate

I will find light

Pauline Massimo

2024